Following a few days of modest north-westerly winds I headed for the Point of Ayr this morning for a spot of seawatching. And that’s exactly what I did – watch a mostly empty sea for two hours!The sum total of the first half hour was a handful of Gannets – more far out than a catatonic hippy – fishing around the wind turbines.
A trickle of Sandwich Terns over the next hour or so was equally disappointing and things didn’t improve too much over the last 30 minutes – two sluggish Kittiwakes and a more dynamic Manxie the only birds of note.
The whole episode reminded me of a line from Blackadder 4: “It started badly, tailed-off a little in the middle and the less said about the end the better.”
A complete waste of time really, but that’s just the way it roles sometimes I suppose.
On a more positive note the wader numbers seem to be building up nicely with plenty of Curlew and Redshank roosting on the marsh over the high tide.
Until later.
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